AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 188 (DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS),ARTICLE V (DISTRICTS AND STANDARDS) OF THE CODE OF THE TOWNSHIP OF HILLSBOROUGH, COUNTY OF SOMERSET, STATE OF NEW JERSEY, TO ADD A NEW DEFINITION FOR INTERNET VEHICLE PROCESSING FACILITY IN SECTION 188-3 AND TO AMEND THE CONDITIONAL USES IN THE I-1 DISTRICT.
And what, you may well ask, is an "Internet Vehicle Processing Facility?" It is a storage yard for "...intact,damaged and used vehicles..." only sold through Internet auctions.
These facilities would be allowed in the I-1 light industrial zone district on lots with a minimum size of 7.5-acres and minimum lot width of 225-feet.
The public hearing is scheduled for September 14th.
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This is an interesting concept.
How many lots actually meet the requirements? Are actual bidders allowed to show up to look at and test drive the car they have virtually purchased? As the lots will contain "...intact,damaged and used vehicles..." how do you prevent it from becoming a junkyard? Is there any limit to the number of lots allowed?
How does the township verify that the sales have only been made through an online auction? What if someone never goes on the Internet and just walks into the lot to purchase a car or some portion of a car. Will they be allowed to do so and if that is the case why have a special ordinance called "Internet Vehicle Processing Facility", when it's just a "Vehicle Processing Facility" or Auto Salvage Yard?
What makes this different from the junkyard/salvage yards on Camplain Road?
And, finally, where the heck did this idea come from? I Googled the term "Internet Vehicle Processing Facility" and the only hit I got was Hillsborough's proposed ordinance. Nothing like being groundbreakers.
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Here is the proposed ordinance.
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